Bug 111980 - anacron is missing from RHES3
Summary: anacron is missing from RHES3
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anacron
Version: 3.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jason Vas Dias
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-12-12 10:28 UTC by Bernd Bartmann
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHEL-3.0E-U3
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2004-08-25 14:30:55 UTC
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Description Bernd Bartmann 2003-12-12 10:28:41 UTC 
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Description of problem:
anacron is missing from RHES3

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. where is anacron?
2.
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Additional info:
Comment 1 Jens Petersen 2003-12-16 04:06:59 UTC 
Well, for RHEL ES and AS server editions at least,
I think the thinking is that anacron is not really
needed since servers aren't usually turned on and off
regularly, but usually expected to be up all the time.
Comment 2 Bernd Bartmann 2003-12-16 08:00:45 UTC 
I think this assumption is totally wrong. Even servers are affected by
system maintenance or power outages. This is where anacron comes into
the game. If the power went down right before midnight and comes up
back again after 4 p.m. non of the cron.daily jobs are run (tripwire,
logwatch, updatedb...)
Comment 3 Jason Vas Dias 2004-08-25 14:30:55 UTC 
Anacron is now in RHEL-3 (U3).
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